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June's VIP features overview of 2006 survey results
by researcher Jane McConnell

Do you manage an intranet or portal for your organisation? Consider participating in the 2007 Global Intranet Strategy Survey. Participation is completely anonymised, and all participants will receive a copy of the report when published in the autumn of 2007. Click to learn more: http://digbig.com/4tebn.

Strategic deployment of intranets remains a challenge for companies of all sizes. Intranet consultant Jane McConnell has made an in-depth study of global intranets, under the auspices of her company, NetStrategy/JMC http://www.netjmc.com/. She comments on the results of her 2006 survey in her featured contribution to June's VIP magazine, 'Why is your intranet not delivering its potential?'

Among her findings:

• Intranets are crucial for employees to get their work done. In 55% of organisations, employees said their work would be disturbed if the intranet were down for one to two hours, and another 26% would be disturbed if it were down for a full day.
  
  
• Senior-level managers, however, are somewhat disconnected from the importance of the intranet to their employees' productivity: In only 13% of cases did senior management consider the intranet to be 'business critical'.
  
  
• Intranets are considered information tools, more than productivity or collaboration tools, let alone business development resources. The potential for intranets to support business goals has not yet been realised.
  
  

NetStrategy/JMC's 2006 research included 101 organisations with headquarters in Europe (58%), North America (29%) and Asia-Pacific (12%). The company is currently seeking participants for the 2007 survey. All participants will receive a copy of the study findings when they are published in the autumn.

Participate in the 2007 survey: http://digbig.com/4tebn
Read the summary of the 2006 survey: http://digbig.com/4tebt
Request a copy of Jane McConnell's article in VIP: jane@netjmc.com

About NetStrategy/JMC

Jane McConnell is an intranet and portal specialist. She founded NetStrategy/JMC as an independent consultant and works primarily with international and global companies and organisations. Jane's current projects concern strategy roadmaps, audits and evaluations based on stages of maturity, governance and intranet management issues and localisation and customisation strategies. Learn more at http://www.netjmc.com/.

About VIP

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